Southwest Asia and North Africa Vocabulary

a green area in a desert fed by underground water

• mosque

• astrolabe

• oasis

• caravan

the leader of an Arab tribe

• caliph

• Quran

• minaret

• sheikh

Islamic code of law

• sultan

• mosque

• minaret

• Shari'ah

a Muslim leader

• sultan

• Caliph

• oasis

• Islam

a religion based on the teachings of Mohammad

• mosque

• Islam

• Shia

• caravan

a group of Muslims who accepted the rule of the Umayyad caliphs

• Quran

• Shia

• Sunni

• minaret

a group of travelling merchants and animals

• oasis

• mosque

• caravan

• bazaar

a group of Muslims who believed the descendants of Ali should rule

• Shia

• Sunni

• Islam

• Quran

Seljuk leader

• sheikh

• mosque

• minaret

• sultan

a Muslim house of worship

• Quran

• bazaar

• minaret

• mosque